Neoplatonic philosopher, Proclus (412-485), in his work The Elements of Theology treats time as a basic ontologic category and examines it in view of stable forms in which it appears as well as in view of the general processes it establishes. More specifically, according to Proclus, time: a) is an objective reality with its own development terms and expresses a situation independent of the forms of Man΄s surveilance; b) provides the conditions for a continuous co¬smic harmony and introduces such proportions, in the area of perceptible beings, that articulate an interconnected system of laws; c) operates as a dynamics of changes, excludes static cosmic systems, is connected with motion and appears initially as an absolute collective measure which is articulated in succesive non reversible periods.
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